overview : East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back: his exploits as a teenager during the World War I; his romantic adventures during the twenties; the escape of the Nazi regime; the return from exile. The life of a timeless classic, a class fighter, an indefatigable free spirit, a committed artist.

First Air Date : Mar 22, 2019

Last Air Date : Mar 22, 2019

Runtime : 1h 30m

Episodes : 2

Seasons : 1

Genre : Drama,

Companies : Bavaria Filmproduktion Köln, WDR, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, NDR, ARTE, Satel Film, BR

Countries : AT

Keywords : berlin, germany, world war i, playwright, docudrama, east germany, nazism, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1910s, 1930s, musical theatre, government witch hunt, portrait of an artist, exiled artist, communist writer